(March 18, 2004) Cash-strapped Argentina needs more help from rich nations to track tens of millions of dollars allegedly stashed abroad by former President Carlos Menem and his associates.
Argentine govt. may gain from World Bank default
(November 22, 2002) Argentina’s decision to default on its debt to the World Bank could hurt the country’s poor but might also prove beneficial in the long run, some analysts here say.
Argentina defaults on loan repayment
(November 14, 2002) The Argentine government on Thursday took the extraordinary step of defaulting on a loan repayment to the World Bank, in a sign of its intense frustration over negotiations with the bank’s sister institution, the International Monetary Fund.
I.M.F. loan to Brazil also shields U.S. interests
(August 9, 2002) To hear the Bush administration tell the story, there is one main reason that Brazil should be rescued with a $30 billion loan while Argentina should get nothing: Brazil has been good; Argentina has been bad.
Where’s the money gone?
(July 1, 2002) Argentina’s plight has lessons for the West: It’s not how much aid you give, it’s who you give it to.
Menem accused of taking bribe in 1994 bombing
(January 23, 2002) Argentina is investigating Carlos Menem, the former president, for allegedly taking bribes to cover up Iranian involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish centre in which 86 people died, the Swiss government said yesterday.
Launch of report on Argentina and International Insolvency
(January 14, 2002) The Jubilee Debt Programme at New Economics Foundation launches a new report on Argentina and international insolvency: “Chapter 9/11? Resolving International Debt Crises – the Jubilee Framework for international insolvency”.
Statement on the Braziliam Referendum on debt
(September 14, 2000) Brazil Network on Multilateral Financial Institutions in the National Coordination of the Brazil Jubilee 2000 Campaign for a Debt-Free Milleniu.
Landmark court ruling condemns Argentina’s illegitimate debt
(August 8, 2000) An unprecedented judicial ruling from the Argentine courts has condemned the illegitimate origins of a substantial portion of external debt amassed during the military period from 1976 to 1983.
Tribunal condena deuda ilegĂtima argentina
(August 7, 2000) Debajo encontraran la correspondencia recibida por el hijo de Alejandro Olmos y por Hector Seoane, Secretario General del Foro de la Deuda Externa/FORDEX, de la sentencia que dicto el Tribunal Federal de Argentina el viernes 14 de julio sobre la ilegitimidad de la deuda externa argentina durante la dictadura militar: 1976-1983. El juicio ha sido iniciado por Alejandro Olmos 18 anos atras. Esta victoria le pertenece mas que nada a el y a los que creyeron y le apoyaron en su lucha.